Family Building Grant

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To learn more about the Dr. Stephen Greenhouse Grant,  Click here.

To learn more about the Savannah Grant,  Click here.
 

To learn about the Casey Family Grant please,  Click here.
 

Family Building Grant

The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation’s Family Building Grant is an annual award that provides up to $10,000 to needy, infertile families. These grants assist with the costs associated with infertility treatment or domestic (does NOT cover international) adoption. Family Building Grants can take the form of a cash award that is payable directly to the clinic or agency or a medication award that will be sent to the fertility clinic of the recipient. The grants are available for medical treatment of infertility and child adoption. The fertility medication grant is provided through a generous donation from EMD Serono.
  

What do Cade Grants Cover?

Cash Grants: Awardees can use the funds for domestic adoption and infertility treatments including IUI, IVF, donor egg, gestational carrier.  Grants do not cover egg freezing or embryo freezing.

Medication Grants: Awardees will receive all medications below (provided as an in kind grant from EMD Serono.) 

Gonal-f® RFF Redi-Ject® 450 IU (follitropin alfa injection)

• Gonal-f® 450 IU Multi-Dose Vial (follitropin alfa for injection)

• Cetrotide® 0.25 mg injection (cetrorelix acetate for injection)

• Ovidrel Prefilled Syringe (choriogonadotropin alfa injection)
   

Applying For The Family Building Grant

The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation’s Family Building Grant™ provides up to $10,000 per funded family to help with costs of domestic adoption and medical fertility treatment. The only restrictions for applying are:

1. You MUST have a diagnosis of infertility from your doctor.

2. You MUST be a citizen or a legal permanent US resident.

The grant is offered twice per year (in SPRING and FALL), and the number of applications funded as well as the amount of funding depends on the success of the Cade Foundation’s fundraising activities (i.e. the more we raise, the more we can give away). All of our grants are Family Building Grants but we have a special pool of funds set aside for “Savannah Grants” and "Dr. Stephen Greenhouse Grants" which are only available to Shady Grove Fertility patients undergoing IVF. Medication grants are generously provided by EMD Serono.

Winners will be expected to attend the Cade Foundation Family Building Gala, Le Diner Bleu, which is usually the first Saturday in November (in Baltimore, MD) in person or virtually. 

For applicants interested in the Savannah Grant and the Dr. Stephen Greenhouse Grant, please complete the regular Family Building Grant application. All Shady Grove Fertility patients who submit the Family Building Grant application are automatically entered into the pools for general Cade Foundation Family Building Grants as well as the Savannah’s Grant and Dr. Stephen Greenhouse Grant.
 

Grant Application

The grant application registration fee is $50 and is NON REFUNDABLE.  Also we do not provide discounts or waivers. 

• Spring: 

• Grant submission deadline for SPRING consideration 2/1

• Grant decisions announced for SPRING recipients 6/15

• Money available for SPRING grant recipients is dispersed 8/1 (grant MUST be redeemed by 7/31 of the next year)

• Fall:

• Grant submission deadline for FALL consideration 7/1

• Grant decisions announced for FALL funding 10/15

• Money available for FALL grant recipients is dispersed 1/1 the year after the grant was awarded (grant MUST be redeemed by 12/31).

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• How much will the grant provide? Grant funding will not exceed $10,000 per family. Please make sure your request is for $10,000 or less. 

• Do we need to submit 2 sets of tax documents if we file separately?Yes unless you file a joint return. 

• Can I change the application once it has been completed and submitted?  Yes.

• Can I get reimbursed for the money I have already spent on fertility treatment or adoption? No. Grant money can only be used for services not yet received. Grant money must be used on services received after the following dates:  Can someone from outside the US who is not a citizen or resident apply for the Grant? No. Support is considered only for individuals or couples who are citizens or legal permanent U.S. residents (citizens or green card holders) with documented infertility. 

• I am able to get pregnant, but my doctor has recommended that we not get pregnant for a reason.  Can I still apply? No. The grants are only available for families with documented infertility. Our raffle prizes are available to anyone who wants fertility treatment, but grants are restricted to infertile individuals/ families. 

• If I am funded but change my family building plan before I receive the grant- can I still use the grant on my new plan? No. The grant MUST be used for the purposes described in the original grant application. For example, if you apply for IVF funding, the grant money cannot be used for adoption or surrogacy or for a different fertility treatment plan other than the one you originally described in the grant application. If you apply for 1 IVF cycle funding, those funds cannot be applied toward a cycle bundle or shared risk program (i.e., pay a certain amount for several cycles). 

• The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation Selection Committee is responsible for the review of all Family Building Grant applications and makes the final decision about funding. All complete applications are reviewed and considered regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, age, income, or sexual orientation. 

Fee Waiver Request:
Cade offers a limited number of grant application fee waivers to families enduring financial hardship / crisis on a case by case basis. Click here to apply Fee Waiver Application Link - https://forms.gle/DajV2xAoKcpcQVUg7

Please note that if approved, due to Submittable requirements, approved applicant will have to pay and be reimbursed for the fee (within 2 days). We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for considering applying for the Cade Foundation Family Building Grant.